I have a 3D problem of cylinders and I would like to create a structured mesh around it using ANSYS workbench. Can I do structured mesh on the surface of solid cylinder only? Please suggest what should I do.
you can create a mapped mesh on a surface by adding "Mapped FAce Meshing" to the corresponding face. This would lead to an arbitrary mesh within the volume but a mapped mesh on the surface.
IT should be better if you use the method "sweep" or "multizone" (if the volume can be sweeped, multizone performes a sweep operation). This will lead to a mapped mesh on the surface. You can specify the element size by applying "Sizing" on the surface or on the lines.